Blu-ray Sales: August 28-September 3: Jurassic World: Dominion Rampages for Third Week

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Blu-ray Sales: August 28-September 3: Jurassic World: Dominion Rampages for Third Week

Posted September 9, 2022 01:14 AM by Sean Greenwood

For the week that ended on September 3rd, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's Jurassic World: Dominion topped both the Blu-ray only and overall packaged media charts for a third consecutive week. The third film the Jurassic World trilogy (and sixth film in the Jurassic Park franchise) began filming in February 2020 for a June 2021 release. However, in March 2020, filming was put on hold when the coronavirus pandemic struck much of the Western world. Filming would eventually resume in July 2020 with the aid of an entire hotel that Universal rented for the production to use as a "bubble", making Jurassic World: Dominion one of the first films to resume production after the pandemic began. Filming was eventually completed in November 2020 and post-production meant that it was not completed until November 2021. Along with the return of Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm, The film also marked the return of actors Sam Neil and Laura Dern as paleontologists Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler, the two leads in the original Jurassic Park, making Jurassic World: Dominion the first time in almost thirty years that all three characters had been in the same film. Despite this casting coup, reviews for the film have been largely negative, but that hasn't stopped it from grossing over $375 million domestically and an impressive $619 million internationally, for a grand total of over $994 million worldwide so far. This week, Jurassic World: Dominion had an HD share of 57% and 15% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.

Debuting in second place on both charts is Paramount Home Media Distribution's 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story. The ten-episode prequel to Paramount's Yellowstone tells the story of how the Duttons came to own their ranch and premiered on the Paramount+ streaming service between December 2021 and February 2022. The series garnered critical acclaim and while additional episodes of 1883 will not be produced, filming is already underway on a new series, called 1923, which will follow a later generation of the Dutton family. This week, 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story sold 30% as many Blu-ray units as Jurassic World: Dominion, with an HD share of 25%.

Dropping to third place on the Blu-ray-only chart in its second week is Crunchyroll's My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (僕のヒーローアカデミア THE MOVIE ワールドヒーローズミッション). The third feature film in the My Hero Academia franchise was released in its native Japan back in August 2021 and quickly became the highest grossing film of the series there, eventually grossing over $29 million in Japan alone. In the United States, the film premiered in late October 2021, pulling in a respectable $6.4 million on its opening weekend. Altogether, the film has grossed over $46 million worldwide. This week, My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission sold 23% as many Blu-ray units as Jurassic World: Dominion, with a perfect HD share of 100%.

Elsewhere on the charts, Lionsgate Home Entertainment's Warrior topped the UHD Market Share chart in a week where it was re-released on 4K UHD as a Best Buy Exclusive SteelBook, while second place on the UHD chart went to the 4K UHD debut of Shout Factory's and GKIDS' Belle.

Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/3/22:
  1. Jurassic World: Dominion
  2. 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story
  3. My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
  4. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  5. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  6. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
  7. The Black Phone
  8. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
  9. Jurassic World: Ultimate Collection (1993-2022)
  10. Top Gun
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 9/3/22 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
  1. Jurassic World: Dominion (57%)
  2. 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story (25%)
  3. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (44%)
  4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (57%)
  5. My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (100%)
Top Five Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 9/3/22 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D (4.57%)
  2. Dune 3D (2021) (1.58%)
  3. Top Gun 3D (0.33%)
  4. Pokémon: Detective Pikachu 3D (0.08%)
  5. Minions 3D (0.02%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/3/22 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
  1. Warrior 4K (99%)
  2. Belle 4K (64%)
  3. The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K (43%)
  4. Halloween Kills 4K (36%)
  5. Everything Everywhere All At Once 4K (35%)